C-24 , 41st Parliament, 2nd session Wednesday, October 16, 2013, to Sunday, August 2, 2015
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
Short title:
Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act
This bill received royal assent on Thursday, June 19, 2014
Statutes of Canada 2014, c. 22
Progress
House of Commons
End of stage activity
Introduction and first reading, Thursday, February 6, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, February 6, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Second reading and referral to committee, Thursday, May 29, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, February 27, 2014 |
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
Sitting 92
Agreed to
(Vote 158)
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End of stage activity
Committee report presented, Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Minutes |
|---|---|
Monday, June 2, 2014 |
Meeting 30 |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
Meeting 31 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Concurrence at report stage, Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Friday, June 6, 2014 |
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Monday, June 9, 2014 |
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Monday, June 16, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
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Monday, June 16, 2014 |
Sitting 104
Agreed to
(Vote 210)
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Senate
Committee meetings
| Meeting date | Details |
|---|---|
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 |
Meeting 36 |
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 |
Meeting 37 |
Thursday, June 12, 2014 |
Meeting 38 |
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
Meeting 39 |
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 |
Sitting 65
Pre-study of House bill
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End of stage activity
First reading, Monday, June 16, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Monday, June 16, 2014 |
End of stage activities
Second reading, Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Referral to committee, Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Committee report presented without amendment, Wednesday, June 18, 2014
With observations
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 |
End of stage activity
Third reading, Thursday, June 19, 2014
Bill passed by the Senate without amendment
Chamber sittings
| Sitting date | Debates (Hansard) |
|---|---|
Thursday, June 19, 2014 |
Details
Recorded votes
House of Commons
Vote 154 — Wednesday, May 28, 2014
- Result:
- Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 143
- Nays:
- 113
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 256
Vote 157 — Thursday, May 29, 2014
- Result:
- Negatived
2nd reading of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (reasoned amendment)
- Yeas:
- 101
- Nays:
- 140
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 241
Vote 158 — Thursday, May 29, 2014
- Result:
- Agreed To
2nd reading of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 140
- Nays:
- 101
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 241
Vote 169 — Monday, June 9, 2014
- Result:
- Agreed To
Time allocation for Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 134
- Nays:
- 102
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 236
Vote 199 — Tuesday, June 10, 2014
- Result:
- Negatived
Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (report stage amendment)
- Yeas:
- 125
- Nays:
- 145
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 270
Vote 200 — Tuesday, June 10, 2014
- Result:
- Agreed To
Concurrence at report stage of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 145
- Nays:
- 125
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 270
Vote 210 — Monday, June 16, 2014
- Result:
- Agreed To
3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-24, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
- Yeas:
- 137
- Nays:
- 118
- Paired:
- 0
- Total:
- 255
Senate
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Major speeches at second reading
House of Commons
| Speech date | Speech | Member of Parliament |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, February 27, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 53) | Chris Alexander (Conservative) |
| Thursday, February 27, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 53) | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe (NDP) |
| Thursday, February 27, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 53) | John McCallum (Liberal) |
Senate
| Speech date | Speech | Senator |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | Sponsor’s speech(Sitting 73) | Nicole Eaton (Conservative) |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2014 | Response speech(Sitting 73) | Art Eggleton (Liberal) |
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Further reading
A tale of two citizenships : citizenship revocation for 'traitors and terrorists'.
Forcese, Craig.
Queen's law journal, 39:551-85
Amarjeet Sohi : from political prisoner to parliamentarian.
Omar Mouallem.
AlbertaViews, 20(1):36-43
Beyond allegiance : toward a right to Canadian citizenship status.
Michael Sullivan.
American review of Canadian studies, 48(3):327-343
Citizenship revocation, the privilege to have rights and the production of the alien.
Audrey Macklin.
Queen's law journal, 40(1):1-54
Lawyers pan citizenship reforms.
Schmitz, Cristin.
Lawyers weekly, 33:2
Legislation : the democratic and constitutional challenges of the Citizenship Bill (Bill C-24 of 2014) : the effect of impulsive legislative action on the parliamentary process.
Gerami, Arghavan.
Journal of parliamentary and political law, 9:153-67
Neutrality law, anti-terrorism, and foreign fighters : legal solutions to the recruitment of Canadians to foreign insurgencies.
Forcese, Craig.
University of British Columbia law review, 48(2):303-60
Notes pour une allocution prononcée par le Ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration du Canada, Chris Alexander, pour un discours d’ouverture intitulé « Renforcer la valeur de la citoyenneté canadienne » devant le Canadian Club de Vancouver.
Alexander, Chris.
Ottawa : Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada, 1 ressource en ligne (14 pages non numérotées)
Speaking notes for Christopher Alexander, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister for a keynote address entitled “Strengthening the value of Canadian citizenship’ to the Canadian Club of Vancouver.
Alexander, Chris.
Ottawa : Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages)
Twenty-first century banishment : citizenship stripping in common law nations.
Sangeetha Pillai and George Williams.
International and comparative law quarterly, 66(3):521-555
Vers une compréhension nationaliste de la naturalisation au Canada? : analyse des changements récents en matière d’octroi de la citoyenneté dans le contexte canadien.
Winter, Elke.
Canadian journal of law and society, 30:73-90